Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"You have got to find a different path here that does not punish these struggling rural communities for the agency's failure to manage our Nation's forests."

"I just can't go back to the superintendent of the schools in Wrangell, Alaska, because for him, these few thousands of dollars mean everything to him and his budget."

"I believe that this situation teaches a larger lesson about the failures of the agency's current forest management policy."

"This is in regards to continuing discussions regarding the Forest Service's potential acquisition of Shee Atika Incorporated's lands at Cube Cove on Admiralty Island."